Re-arranging our group
We currently have a group with one storage pool ("default") and two members:-PS4100, NL-SAS 7200rpm in RAID 10 (smallest member)-PS6210, SAS 10.000rpm in RAID 50 (largest member)I would like to convert...
View ArticleSAN HQ test email
I am receiving test emails from SANHQ about once a month. I thought this was a one time thing but I have received about 3 since installing SAN HQ. I didn't see any setting in the alerts config that...
View ArticleMoving volumes to new server; ASM/HIT/Windows
We have a windows 2008 R2 server that connects to many iSCSI volumes on our EQL group. Soon we will be transitioning to a new 2012 server which will connect to and access the same volumes. The...
View ArticleEquallogic PS5000xv unauthorized drives - which ones?
Good morning AllI have a couple Equallogic PS5000xv SAN units - they are at a remote site so I have to use remote hands to get drives replaced - recently I noticed I had 3 drives failed so I looked for...
View ArticleStopping port 0514 SAN HQ
In the process of upgrading to Vcenter 6 and the install stops with port 0514 in use. Netstat is telling me that the Equalogix SAN HQ is using that port. Can I stop that service will I try to proceed...
View ArticleEqualLogic support of SNMPv3?
I know it doesn't exist now, but will there ever be support for SNMPv3 for EqualLogic SANs?
View ArticleDELL Equal Logic SAN Firmware upgrade 5 to 7
All,we are planning to upgrade our SAN firmware and have 3 errors that we need to resolve and (questions below.SAN HQ Reports1. The current group firmware (5.2.2) is incompatible with the disk...
View Articlemultipathing between 1Gb and 10Gb EQL storage mixed with 1Gb and 10Gb servers
Hi,i have a setup with 7 EQL's (6500 and 6100) all connected on 1Gbit interfaces, and about 8 servers all connected with several 1GB interfaces to the storage network.Currently they all use...
View ArticleSnapshots Reserve
I have a Dell PS6100 that we use for our VM storage. I had one of our contracted techs tell me today that by setting Snapshot reserve to 0% (we don't use them), that he learned in his Dell class years...
View ArticleSnapshots via group manager vs ASM/HIT
Hi, I'd like to know the implications of having snapshots created via the group manager versus using the ASM for windows. Basically I have a windows 2012 server that connects to a dozen or so EQL...
View ArticlePerformance Issue
Having a weird issue on my Dell PS6100.I've got about 6 volumes on it. I have a test VM I'm working with, Server 2008 with nothing installed on it. If I migrate the VM to the very first volume I ever...
View ArticleTech Report TR1075 configuring ESXi with PS Series storage now includes ESXi...
Hello!http://en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/dtcmedia/m/mediagallery/19997606?utm_source=Release%20announcement&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Document%20releaseThis document discusses how to...
View ArticleEquillogic 7.1.x Script/CLI/SNMP for replication "pending data transfer" stat
Hello all, I did a fair amount of searching and for the life of me couldn't figure this out..is there ANY kind of automated way via any scripting platform (eql/cli/sanhq/telnet) I don't care...to query...
View ArticleError installing MEM in vsphere 6.0
Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to install MEM 1.3 in vsphere 6.0:Could not bind vmk1 to any of the iSCSI adapters.It always worked with vsphere 5.5. This problem ocurred with all my...
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SanHQ 3.1 - Critical in-use space alert
Just upgraded to 3.1 from 3.0.x. A thin-provisioned volume that is less than 80% full keeps generating an alert that the volume is over 99% full:Critical 4.2 01/12/2016 03:21 8 hr 31 m. Active...
View ArticleRaid Preference and Snapshot pages
Got a question regarding behaviour of the page mover in regards to snapshot pages of volumes.Setup is 1 Group, 2 Pools. Pool #1 has (2) x PS6510E in RAID6. Pool #2: (2) x PS6210E in RAID10.If all...
View ArticleTemplates, SCVMM and Cluster Shared Volumes
Current configuration - we have a 2 Host Cluster managed by SCVMM 2012R2. Host Servers are running 2012R2 Datacenter.Equal Logic SAN (All PS 6100's) have been added to the Fabric in SCVMM.Have created...
View ArticleSAN HQ 3.0.1.7331 log files
SAN HQ says log data is 127 days old, tried restarting, tried export data, tried increase log file size. Still all groups are red with a red X..
View ArticleEqualLogic PS6000XV Bad Blocks
I have an EqualLogic PS6000XV configured with one RAID10 member split into two volumes and connected via iSCSI to a XenServer 6.5 pool. All drives are online (except for the two spares, of course) and...
View ArticleHow can i switch active controller on a 'reset' array
Hi,last week i received a new PS4100 that was on an older firmware level than my existing group, so i had to install it into it's own group first to be able to upgrade the firmware. So i connected...
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